Quotes
Contained within this page are some well known quotes from some very well known people. They will also feature on the sidebar of my blog from time to time.
“There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.” - Ali ibn Abi Talib
“Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.”- Ambrose Bierce
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” - Lao Tzu
“If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.” - Native American Saying
“You can’t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.” - Unknown
“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back.” - The Buddha
“It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls.” - Aristophanes
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” - Sir Francis Bacon
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. “ - William Shakespeare
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“One doesn’t discover new lands without losing sight of the shore.” - Andre Gide
“Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.” - Thomas Jefferson
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” - Benjamin Franklin
“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.” - Henry Ford
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children” - Native American Song
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” - John F. Kennedy
“The era of procrastination, of half measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close.? In its place we are entering a period of consequences.” - Sir Winston Churchill
“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” - Steve Wozniak
“We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.”- Thomas Edison
“The computer allows you to make mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.”- Mitch Ratcliffe
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”- Harold R. McAlindon
“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” - Aristotle
“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure –which is: Try to please everybody.”- Herbert Bayard
“If at first you don’t succeed, then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about it.” - W.C. Fields
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” - Lord Aston
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt